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Tuesday, 1 March 2016

NetherMined 2 – the event for Minecraft mad kids.

For a while
now Bug has been mad about Minecraft. His love of Minecraft was sparked by
watching Daddy mine and craft in the World of Minecraft, with his passion for
the game being truly intensified when he started watching Stampy playing
Minecraft in his Lovely World on YouTube (parental lock well and truly on).

Whilst as
his mum I am a touch biased, his skill at Minecraft for such a young age is amazing
to me. He has quickly learnt all about Minecraft, mastering skills and learning
the ins and outs of the game. His imagination and creativity comes alive in the
game where as well as mining and surviving he also crafts buildings, statues,
and games.

As a
parent of a child mad about Minecraft I have fast become accustomed to hearing
words such as the Nether, the EnderDragon, redstone, Creepers, enchanted
weapons and a whole host of other Minecraft terminology that quite frankly was at first
very baffling and completely ‘alien’ to me.

Thanks to
the likes of YouTubers such as Stampy and his friend Squid who I’ve watched
with Bug, and Bug’s incessant talk about all things Minecraft I have quickly
learnt about Minecraft and I am no longer as baffled by biomes and blocks, confused
about creepers or perplexed about portals as I once was.

If you
have a child who is obsessed with Minecraft and also want to get your head
around the Minecraft lingo and learn a little more about the game, then the
upcoming NetherMined2 event is the place to be!

On
Saturday the 5th & Sunday the 6th March 2016 an unofficial Minecraft event
NetherMined2 is happening in Newcastle.

The event
is Minecraft heaven to little ones mad about the world of Minecraft.
NetherMined2 boasts –

* YouTubers

* Live
gaming

* 2 Oculus
Rifts

* 4 Retro
Gaming Machines

* Face painters

* The Art
Zone

* Minecraft
and geeky merchandise

But that’s
not all, unlike other Minecraft events NetherMined2 will be helping parents enter
and understand the world of Minecraft.

The event
will have a Parents Zone where parents can ask questions, and learn all about
Minecraft and its lingo so parents can hopefully understand what their little Minecraft
fans are talking about when raving about
the game. Not only can parents learn and ask questions about Minecraft, they
can also learn to play the game too!

Also at
the event will be 3 Minecraft EDU educators who will be giving talks about
Minecraft and highlighting the educational value of the game.

Whilst
sadly we cannot make the event due to the distance from where we live to the
event, I hope that we can go one day in the future to a future NetherMined
event as I know my Minecraft mad mini-Bug would be in his element and over the
moon to NetherMined.